Sr Business Control Specialist

Posted:
9/12/2024, 8:55:13 AM

Location(s):
Plano, Texas, United States ⋅ Texas, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Business & Strategy

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Position Summary

In this role, the Business Control Manager will initially lead the management of risk for up to two Technology Executives by partnering with the leadership and their teams to apply subject matter expertise to support a culture of risk identification, escalation and timely mitigation of compliance and operational risks. Candidates will be responsible to solve problems analytically by applying a mixture of risk and technology expertise to perform impact assessments, identify root causes in support of the technology control activities, and drive risk reduction in the respective technology teams.

They will be responsible to provide feedback and training as needed and monitor the health of audit issues through their lifecycle, including action plan development and validation through reviews. The role requires strong communication and leadership skills, candidates are required to drive collaboration with teammates across organizations (Technology, Operations, Audit, GIS etc.) and with the management team to identify opportunities to improve control and reduce risk.

The ideal candidate will work closely with a Risk Lead who is responsible for overseeing the portfolio of risk activities for a CIO within GT, and have the potential to step into a Risk Lead role periodically.

Responsibilities:

·        Execute risk mitigating strategies to address key technology areas to ensure conformance with laws, rules and regulations

·        Partner with multiple technology organizations, divisional leads within Global Technology & Operations and Line of Business, and control partners (i.e. GIS, Technology Compliance & Ops Risk, Audit, etc.)

·        Identifies recommendations to leadership to maximize efficient identification, assessment and remediation of risk

·        Utilize technical domain expertise in data management, information security, infrastructure or network operations to drive policy adherence and maintain sustainable risk based solutions

·        Oversee Issue Management activities end-to-end, including development of action plans for self/audit/compliance-identified issues.

Individual contributor on the Audit and GCOR Engagement team responsible for coordinating internal audits and global compliance and operational (GCOR) reviews within Global Technology. Applies technical knowledge to understand and address audit questions, coordinate appropriate responses from technical subject matter experts, manage audit flow and timeline from start of audit through to completion.

Works closely with subject matter experts, auditors, and business partners to analyze audit questions, understand, and review technical evidence returned, ensure complete and accurate audit responses, and execute review and analysis of identified control deficiencies to drive to appropriate disposition. Key responsibilities include notifying impacted parties of an audit or assessment; identifying key stakeholders; managing in-flight assessments through the coordination of requested documentation, follow-up requests and initial/potential findings, inclusive of necessary approvals and content reviews; and maintaining an inventory of current, forecasted and completed audits / assessments.

Global Technology Business Management and Controls (GT BMC), Audit and TCOR Engagement function supporting Audit and TCOR assessments is seeking a self-starter who is motivated, passionate, thrives in a fast-paced culture, balances priorities, drives delivery, flawless execution, and enjoys team successes.     

Required Qualifications:

        

•            3+ years of experience with audit, exam management, and/or compliance

•            Excellent project management and interpersonal skills; strong attention to detail, accuracy and understanding prioritization within an environment where majority of issues are a priority

•            Strong presentation skills with ability to lead telephone and virtual meetings, develop and convey a point of view

•            Exceptional analytical and critical thinking abilities

•            Knowledge of risk management/risk framework; ability to identify, escalate, and debate risk

•            Highly motivated self-starter with ability to multitask and manage multiple priorities and meet aggressive deadlines

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40